List of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery
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In 1794, in the face of the revolutionary army of France that numbering half a million men, the counties formed a force of Volunteer Yeoman Cavalry which could be called on by the King to defend the country against invasion or by the Lord Lieutenant to subdue any civil disorder within the country.[1] After World War I, It had become clear that cavalry was obsolete and in 1922 it was announced that some Yeomanry Regiments were to become Royal Artillery regiments.[1]
Troops take shelter near an M10 Wolverine tank destroyer,used by 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti Tank Regiment 6 June 1944
25-pdrs of 430th Battery, 55th Field Regiment (West Somerset Yeomanry), near Hechtel in Belgium, firing in support of Guards Armoured Division in the bridgehead over the Maas-Schelde (Meuse-Escaut) Canal, 16 September 1944
25-pdrs of 430th Battery, 55th Field Regiment (West Somerset Yeomanry), near Hechtel in Belgium, firing in support of Guards Armoured Division in the bridgehead over the Maas-Schelde (Meuse-Escaut) Canal, 16 September 1944
Regiments
| Yeomanry Regiment | Artillery Regiment |
|---|---|
| Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry | 151st (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 152nd (Ayrshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Bedfordshire Yeomanry | 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery from 1 November 1939 |
| 148th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Berkshire Yeomanry | 145th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars | 99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| Denbighshire Hussars | 61st (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry | 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry | 94th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 141st (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Royal East Kent Yeomanry (The Duke of Connaught's Own Mounted Rifles) | 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 143rd (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Essex Yeomanry | 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery |
| 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery | |
| Glamorgan Yeomanry | 81st (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry | 54th (Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 64th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers) | 95th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 72nd (Hampshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery from 1939 |
| Hertfordshire Yeomanry | 86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 135th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| 79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Lanarkshire Yeomanry | 155th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry | 77th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 78th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Lancashire Hussars | 106th (Lancashire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery |
| 149th (Lancashire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery | |
| Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) | 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 154th (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) | 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| Norfolk Yeomanry (The King’s Own Royal Regt) | Amalgamated with Suffolk Yeomanry on conversion, then separated to form 65th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| Royal North Devon Yeomanry | Amalgamated with Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry on conversion |
| Northumberland Hussars | 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars | Amalgamated with Worcs Yeomanry on conversion |
| Pembroke Yeomanry | 102nd (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Scottish Horse | 79th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 79th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Shropshire Yeomanry | 75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 76th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| South Nottinghamshire Hussars | 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery |
| 150th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery | |
| Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) | 55th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment) | 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary’s) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 144th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary’s) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Sussex Yeomanry | Amalgamated with Surrey Yeomanry on conversion |
| Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry | 51st (Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 109th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry | Amalgamated with East Kent Yeomanry on conversion |
| West Somerset Yeomanry | 55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery | |
| Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars | 53rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 63rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery |